Graduate School Preparation

Welcome!

Click here for upcoming events, including the CAS-GSAS Student Network!

This website will provide you an overview of stages involved in deciding to apply to liberal arts graduate programs (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences), and of the steps involved in crafting your application to these programs. 

These stages include:

Why go to graduate school?

Applying to graduate school, including:

• When to go
• Choosing the right graduate program
• How you build up your academic portfolio (aka what you should be doing to make yourself a strong graduate school applicant)
• A graduate school application timeline, and what you submit with that application

Financing graduate school

Additional Resources - more articles, books, sites about graduate school, regularly updated

Announcements & Opportunities

CAS-GSAS Student Network - 2023-2024 Schedule of Events

The CAS-GSAS Student Network is part of a larger initiative to provide more resources for CAS students to learn more about liberal arts graduate programs, and help them decide whether or not these programs are the right fit for their academic and professional interests.

Students who attend one of our Fall events will be invited to participate in our CAS-GSAS Student Mentorship program, and be connected with a current GSAS PhD student to learn more about life in graduate school!

Why Liberal Arts Graduate School? (click link to RSVP)

October 11th, 5-6:15 PM

Graduate Lounge, Silver 120

Thinking about a liberal arts graduate degree, but don’t know where to start? The GSAS and CAS administrators leading the CAS-GSAS Student Network will give a full overview of liberal arts graduate school basics: the different kinds of liberal arts graduate programs (Master’s vs. PhD), how liberal arts graduate degrees compare to other professional graduate degrees, and what you’ll need to apply to a liberal arts graduate program. 

Is Graduate School Right For You? Student Life in Graduate School (click link to RSVP)

October 25th, 5-6:15 PM

Graduate Lounge, Silver 120

How do you know if liberal arts graduate school is the right choice for you? What’s it like to be in graduate school? How are you even going to pay for all this? And what do you do after? For answers to these questions and more, join us for a panel discussion with current GSAS graduate students:

• Betty Lincoln, Master's student, International Relations
• Anly Xu, Master's student, Economics
• Paige Hartenburg, Master's student, English 

and learn more about why they chose to attend liberal arts graduate school, and what their experience has been so far. 

Getting into Graduate School: Faculty Discuss the Graduate School Admission Process (click link to RSVP)

November 16th, 5-6:15 PM

Event held via Zoom (link will be sent to attendees on day of event)

Want to learn more about what graduate program admissions committees look for in potential applicants? Join a panel of current GSAS faculty as they share their thoughts on and experiences with the graduate school admissions process!

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